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Eucharist (Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: eucharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving') [1] is the name that Catholic Christians give to the sacrament by which, according to their belief, the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy, generally known as the Mass. [2]
The document is divided in three parts revolving around the Eucharist as a mystery (1) to be believed, (2) to be celebrated, and (3) to be lived. To be believed In Sacramentum caritatis , Benedict quotes John 6:51, ""I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I ...
Dominicae Cenae (English: The Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist) is an apostolic letter written by Pope John Paul II concerning the Eucharist and its role in the life of the Church and the life of the priest. It also touches on other Eucharistic topics. It was promulgated on February 24, 1980, the Second Sunday of Lent.
The Eucharist displayed in a monstrance, flanked by candles. Eucharistic adoration is a practice in the Latin Church, Anglo-Catholic and some Lutheran traditions, in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed to and adored by the faithful. When this exposure and adoration is constant (twenty-four hours a day), it is called "Perpetual Adoration".
Clifford, Richard J. (2001). "The Authority of the "Nova Vulgata": A Note on a Recent Roman Document". The Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 63 (2): 197–202. ISSN 0008-7912. JSTOR 43724418. Dy, Oliver G. (2016). "The Latin Vulgate as an 'Auxiliary Tool' of Translation: Historical Perspectives on Liturgiam Authenticam". Studies in Liturgy.
Ecclesia de Eucharistia (The Church from the Eucharist) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II published on April 17, 2003. Its title, as is customary, is taken from the opening words of the Latin version of the text, which is rendered in the English translation as "The Church draws her life from the Eucharist".
The instruction discusses, among other things, the roles of the clergy and laity, distribution of communion, and Eucharistic adoration outside of Mass. [2] It is based on the 1963 Sacrosanctum Concilium (the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy).
One of the most significant documents on ecumenical relations was Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, published by the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in 1982. [10] Although the Catholic Church is not a member of the WCC, since 1968 some Catholic theologians have been full members of the commission. [11]